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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 10
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English
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When Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are invited to a country house weekend at a lovingly restored old mansion, they expect nothing more explosive than the Guy Fawkes fireworks. Having read every Agatha Christie ever written, Dorothy should have known better, but even she could not have anticipated the terror that is unleashed by an epic storm and the discovery of a body among the roots of a fallen oak tree. Rendered...
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English
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It's a heat wave in more ways than one in the summer of 1905, as strikes, arson, and train wrecks threaten the fabric of civilized society in South Bend, Indiana. In the tumultuous first years of the twentieth century, anarchy seems to rule, with the assassination of an American president and labor unrest.
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"American Anglophile Dorothy Martin is celebrating her birthday in the historic city of Bath, but the discovery of a number of stolen artefacts throws her plans awry. Retired chief constable Alan Nesbit and his wife Dorothy Martin are in the beautiful historic city of Bath to celebrate Dorothy's birthday, enjoying the city's elegant surroundings, sightseeing, shopping--and champagne. But the celebrations are curtailed when they discover a curious...
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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One late-summer's evening, before the beginning of the new term, Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Newbitt, are guests at Sherebury University art department's drinks party to introduce the new teaching assistant sculptress Gillian Roberts. However, tragedy strikes on a tour of the art department, when the lift breaks down ans a corpse is discovered at the bottom of the shaft. Dorothy and Alan become involved in the ensuing...
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are invited to join their close friends Nigel and Inga Evans at a Welsh music festival. Amid the glorious surroundings of Welsh castles and the history of long-ago battles, the stage is set for an enjoyable event. However, when a tragic accident takes the life of one of the choir, and the same fate befalls the star soloist, Dorothy and Alan find themselves in the midst of an investigation...
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Dorothy Martin's husband, Alan Nesbitt, is heavily involved in the complex and lengthy process of choosing a new bishop for Sherebury Cathedral when one of the candidates is found murdered in his own church.
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 17
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English
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While accompanying her husband to a conference, Dorothy discovers what looks like a pool of blood on the floor of one of the university's laboratories. She goes to fetch help, but when she returns there is nothing to be found. Was she mistaken? Or has a terrible crime been committed? Dorothy, who can never resist a puzzle, determines to find out.
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Severn House Publishers LTD
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
After discovering a body on a precipitous hill path while vacationing on the island of Alderney, Dorothy and her husband Alan, a retired police detective, are determined to find out whether the death was an accident or something more sinister.
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Severn House Publishers, LTD
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 215 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan have been invited to rural Suffolk to take part in the christening of the newest member of the aristocratic Montcalm family. But on arriving at Dunham Manor, they discover the household in turmoil as the ceremonial dagger, used in Montcalm family christenings for generations past, has gone missing. Dorothy and Alan offer their help in locating the ancient heirloom, but when a stranger is murdered in the village...
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A Hilda Johansson mystery volume 6
Publisher
John Daniel & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1904 South Bend, Indiana, recently married Hilda Johansson Cavanaugh struggles with her adjustment from being a servant to that of the wife to the affluent Patrick. Worse she finds herself isolated from her spouse's upper crust family and friends while her former working class peers snub her. Despite her unsettling circumstances, Hilda agrees to help her only remaining friend Norah O'Neill after the police arrest Norah's husband Sean, accusing...
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt go to Orkney in Scotland to see some intriguing Stone Age excavations. When the donor of the dig is found murdered, Dorothy and Alan launch an unofficial investigation into the murder.
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 11
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English
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Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are on holiday in the idyllic English village of Broadway when they stumble across the body of a man who appears to have fallen down a disused quarry. When it is revealed that the man, a local farmer, was probably pushed over the edge, and that the police have failed to find any suspects or motives for the murder, Dorothy can{u2019}t help but get involved ...
13) A deadly web
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Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 25
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alan's unofficial great-niece, Lucy Bowman, arrives from the States and can't wait for Dorothy and Alan to meet her fiance, Iain. But when Iain is the victim of a hit-and-run in London, Dorothy learns that he wasn't all he seemed to be. Can she separate fact from fiction to untangle a deadly web of lies?
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dorothy Martin goes to France - alone because Alan is stuck back home in Sherebury with a broken ankle - she worries about her ability to get along in a language she barely speaks, and in a country she hasn't seen for over fifty years. But by the time Alan joins her a week later, Dorothy has found herself embroiled in one mystery after another: a woman drowning in quicksand; a man suffering a near-fatal fall in the abbey at Mont Saint Michel;...
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"American Anglophile Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbit, are enjoying a pleasant, albeit rain-soaked, stay in the historic university city of Durham with their old friend David Tregarth. Castle tours and cathedral services fill their days as they wander up and down the steep, cobbled lanes of the medieval city. But the holiday comes to an abrupt halt when David's elderly great-aunt is accused of the murder of a fellow...
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan meet the wealthy Ahmad family, they are charmed by their courtesy, their perfect English, their delightful children and their commitment to peace. Following a concert at Sherebury Cathedral, the Ahmads offer to host a party at the Rose and Crown pub. But Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad don't show up. Their children are asleep upstairs at the inn, but the parents are nowhere to be found. With suspicions of kidnapping and...
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Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 22
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Dorothy Martin and her ex-policeman husband Alan are asked by some good friends to look into a series of petty crimes that are perplexing the local Mounties in the picturesque Canadian city of Victoria, they immediately jump on a plane to British Columbia and settle themselves into the heart of the local community. Drinking champagne with the local businessman and would-be politician as well as cups of tea with the local recluse, they infiltrate...
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